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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of Rossendale Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Rossendale website
17,473 approved · 3,274 refused · 1,071 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 9 Jun 1973 to 21 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 5 Nov 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Rosebank Mill Ramsbottom Bury Lancashire
Received 10 Jan 1990The Old Chapel Bury Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 6EH
Received 19 Jan 199024 Manchester Road Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 5ST
Received 9 Jan 199024 Manchester Road Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 5ST
Received 10 Jan 1990Carr Lane Helmshore Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire
Received 8 Jan 199048A Bankside Lane Bacup Lancashire OL13 8HJ
Received 8 Jan 1990Collinge Fold Farm Collinge Fold Lane Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 8JQ
Received 10 Jan 1990Cottages Carr Lane Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire
Received 8 Jan 1990The Rookeries Market Street Whitworth Rochdale Lancashire OL12 8RW
Received 5 Jan 1990Street Record Hall Park Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire
Received 5 Jan 19906-8 Todmorden Road Bacup Lancashire OL13 9BA
Received 5 Jan 1990491 Burnley Road East Waterfoot Rossendale Lancashire BB4 9LB
Received 4 Jan 1990Broadway Mill Knowsley Road Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4RS
Received 3 Jan 1990Gardens To 137-175 Pennine Road 57-78 Sandfield Road And Land To Rear
Received 4 Jan 199015 Rochdale Road Bacup Lancashire OL13 9NW
Received 4 Jan 199066 Tonacliffe Road Whitworth Rochdale Lancashire OL12 8SS
Received 4 Jan 1990Sandcliffe Lower Lane Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 5RA
Received 27 Feb 1974Wood Top Bury Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire
Received 27 Feb 19741255 Burnley Road Rawtenstall Rossendale BB4 8RG
Received 27 Feb 1974282 Newchurch Road Rawtenstall Rossendale Lancashire BB4 7SN
Received 27 Feb 19741255 Burnley Road Rawtenstall Rossendale BB4 8RG
Received 27 Feb 1974Street Record Goodshawfold Close Loveclough Rossendale Lancashire
Received 27 Feb 1974Turfcote Nursing Home Helmshore Road Haslingden Rossendale Lancashire BB4 4DP
Received 7 Jan 201315 Turnpike Newchurch Rossendale Lancashire BB4 9DU
Received 26 Feb 1974Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Rossendale Borough Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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